| 1696 | Oglethorpe's Birth [December 22] |
| 1706 | Oglethorpe enrolled in Queen Anne's First Regiment of Footguards [10 yrs of age] |
| 1713 | Oglethorpe commissioned as a Lt., resigned regiment Nov. 23, 1715 |
| 1716 | Oglethorpe accepted as Voluntaire Attache with Prince Eugene of Savoy [August 3] |
| 1719 | Oglethorpe re-entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford [June 25] |
| 1721 | Fort King George is established near the mouth of the Altamaha river in the debatable lands |
| 1722 | Oglethorpe is elected to the House of Commons, Parliament |
| 1728 | Robert Castell, Oglethorpe's friend, dies in Fleet prison of smallpox |
| 1729 | A bill is introduced by Oglethorpe in the House of Commons to investigate the "State of the Gaols" - [February 29] |
| 1730 | Oglethorpe and Egmont conceive of a plan for a new colony - "Georgia" |
| 1730 | The Georgia Society is formed - it seeks to obtain a charter from the king |
| 1732 | The Georgia Society receives a Royal Charter from King George II [June 9] |
| 1732 | Frigate Ann sailed from Gravesend, England with 114 new Georgia colonists [November 17] |
| 1733 | Colonists arrive at Charles Towne in South Carolina [January 13] |
| 1733 | Colonists arrive in Beaufort and are finally allowed to disembark [January 20] |
| 1733 | Colonists arrive from Beaufort at Yamacraw Bluff (Ga. Day) [February 12] |
| 1733 | 42 Jews arrive in Savannah, Oglethorpe allows them to settle in the colony [July] |
| 1734 | Salzburgers (German Protestants) arrive and settle at Ebenezer |
| 1734 | Treaty of 1734 between Oglethorpe and the Creeks; a treaty of trade and friendship |
| 1734 | Oglethorpe arrived in England with a delegation of Georgia Indians [June] |
| 1735 | The arrival of the Highland Scots and settlement at Darien |
| 1735 | Construction begins on a second fort on St. Simons (Fort Frederica) |
| 1736 | Oglethorpe orders Noble Jones to lay out a town of 40 lots and Robert Lacy to build Fort Augusta |
| 1736 | Oglethorpe return to England to raise money for the colony and a regiment of 600 men for the anticipated conflict with the Spanish |
| 1739 | War of Jenkins Ear-Britain declares war on Spain |
| 1739 | Treaty of Coweta, a treaty between the British and the Creek Indians [August] |
| 1739 | Tomochichi dies and is buried in Percival, now Wright Square in downtown Savannah |
| 1740 | Oglethorpe invades Florida with a force of Georgia and S.C. settlers and Indians. He captures St. Augustine but failed to takes Castillo San Marco |
| 1740 | Founding of Bethesda Orphan House by renowned evangelist George Whitefield |
| 1742 | The Spanish invade Georgia |
| 1742 | The Battle of Bloody Marsh - the Spanish retreat to Florida |
| 1743 | Oglethorpe is promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by George II |
| 1743 | Oglethorpe left Georgia never to return [July 22] |
| 1744-1785 | Oglethorpe met frequently in a literary circle with notable literary giants |
| 1744 | Oglethorpe married Lady Elizabeth Wright [September 15] |
| 1745 | Oglethorpe was ordered to take troops to pursue and capture defeated Jacobites |
| 1754 | Oglethorpe loses the election and his seat in Parliament after serving 32 years |
| 1785 | Oglethorpe's death at age 89 [June 30] |